Welcome to Nourishment

While there are numerous books written by young adults who struggled with anorexia, Tourette's syndrome, anxiety, dyslexia, or ADHD, this is the first memoir to document the struggle from the point of view of a young woman who was diagnosed with all of them.

Nourishment is an authentic look at an adolescent who struggles with obsessive behaviour, disordered thinking, medication imbalances, and psychological deterioration.

This compelling story, which has been described as “a voyeuristic journey,” a gripping ride,” and “a must-read” by several prominent physicians and psychologists, has already been reviewed and endorsed by Joseph Jankovic, M.D., Professor of Neurology and Director of the Movement Disorders Clinic at Baylor College of Medicine, Ira M. Sacker, M.D., Eating Disorders Specialist and Author of Regaining Your Self and Dying to Be Thin, and Jenni Schaefer, Author of Goodbye Ed, Hello Me and Life Without Ed.

The author wrote this book as part of her effort to get well and as a way to understand what happened to her. Her brutal honesty in writing about her painful childhood, which included being institutionalized, has served as her central form of nourishment. She is now an honors student and psychology major.